The NYTimes notes in Pockets of City See Higher Use of Force During Police Stops that over 20% of the NYPD’s stop & frisks turn into a stop & punch. Four of the five precincts with the highest use of force rate are in the Bronx; the fifth is Jackson Heights in Queens. If you’re stopped in the 46th Precinct in the West Bronx, there’s a 56% chance the cops will get rough on you. Get stopped in the 111th Precinct, and there’s less than 5% chance force will be used. The 46th is predominately Black and Latino; the 111th is 87% white and Asian.

This week’s Rolling Stone includes an unflattering story of The Long, Lawless Ride of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Different sheriff, same mindset…in Criminal Minds: Racial Profiling in Alamance County, the county just west of Durham, NC, Indyweek.com crunches the numbers and concludes that “Latino drivers stopped in Alamance County are likely to be treated differently than those stopped elsewhere.” The story also includes this little tidbit: the anti-immigrant Sheriff and two of his deputies are headed out to a FAIR-sponsored “Border School” training in Texas next month. How are they paying for the $3,200 bill? Drug forfeiture money.

In border news, the Fraser Institute has been Measuring the Costs of the Canada-US Border, and reports that “border thickening” doesn’t just wreck your figure – it’s a drag on your economy as well, to the tune of 1.5% of GDP.